Which Linux package should I download for my Athlon 64?

[bchreng]

According to /. a new version of Debian ('Sarge') has been released today. Which of the packages am I supposed to get for my Athlon 64 -based rig? I'm pretty sure the i386 will work, but is IA64 the one that I should get for my processor?

 

[keeleysam]

I would get IA64

 

[bchreng]

I'm not really sure what it's meant for. What if it's only compatible for Intel's Itanium CPUs or something?

 

[lard bunnys]

You don't want ia64. Looks like the amd64 port has not yet been made official: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ports-status
You can find cd images for a net-install here: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/amd64/current/

Or you could wait a day or two for an official release. If you want to install sid/unstable you could try Kanotix.

 

[Nothinman]

IA64 is for Itanium, you don't want that. Sarge was released before the AMD64 port was integrated so if you want a 64-bit system you'll probably need to use the installer from http://amd64.debian.net/ . But it probably doesn't matter, there's almost no reason to run a 64-bit system right now (unless you plan on using Blender for large renders or something) and the i386 system will make things like getting the nVidia driver working much simpler.

 

[lard bunnys]

I agree that for a desktop system the i386 port is more hassle free & mature (even though I'm currently running Ubuntu's amd64 port).